Event Strategy & Design

From the physical set-up to the way you orchestrate sessions and interaction, we help you put the latest smart thinking into practice to create environments and experiences that have an impact.

Using Tech to Create Human Interaction

Smart badges are making it easy for attendees to connect with each other — and to quantify the value of those introductions.

September 26, 2018

Another Way to Look at ‘Sustainable Tourism’

A Tourism Ireland event at Lotte New York Palace Hotel in Manhattan reinforced the value of tourism to economies and societies.

BY Michelle Russell September 25, 2018

Five’s a Crowd When It Comes to Networking Events

Maritz Chief Behavioral Officer Charlotte Blank explains the science behind why we tend to cluster in groups of four.

BY Barbara Palmer September 19, 2018

Should We Ask Attendees to Turn Off Their Phones?

The evidence is mounting that phones fracture our attention and are distracting to those around us. Is it time to become more intentional about how we use them around others?

BY Barbara Palmer September 19, 2018

1-Question Survey: Should We Ask Attendees to Put Away Their Phones?

Smartphones distract users and those around them. Should speakers ask that they be put away?

BY Convene Editors September 19, 2018

Corporations Are Hosting and Sponsoring More Events

A new Harvard Business Review report shows that more than half of corporations place more value on face-to-face events than other marketing channels and have upped their event activity. Yet they struggle to quantify their ROI.

BY Michelle Russell September 18, 2018

An Audio-Only Approach to Digital Engagement

Reaching an audience doesn’t have to require being on camera. Twitter is launching a new live-streaming feature for your ears only.

BY David McMillin September 17, 2018

Visa Issues Force Business Festival to Develop Plan B

Organizers of the Fifteen Seconds Festival faced unforeseen issues with U.S. immigration officials, but they aren’t letting those challenges cancel their first-ever event in Detroit next week.

BY David McMillin September 14, 2018

This Is Your Brain on Events

We think that we make decisions based on logic, but unconscious influences affect our behavior and judgment, says behavioral scientist Charlotte Blank.

BY Barbara Palmer September 11, 2018

A Smarter Way to Fight Food Waste

At two successive food-waste conferences, attendees were given opportunities to continue to address this ‘societal breakdown,’ long after the events ended.

BY Casey Gale September 10, 2018

‘The Next Walls to Fall’

How Falling Walls, the International Conference on Future Breakthroughs in Science and Society, creates an atmosphere where participants collaborate on solutions to the world’s thorniest problems.

BY Michelle Russell September 5, 2018

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